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Reduction of 1kWh delivered does not save them the same amount of money because the cost of connection is dominated by the 1st kW delivered. Scaling delivered
by secabeen 4y ago
Reduction of 1kWh delivered does not save them the same amount of money because the cost of connection is dominated by the 1st kW delivered. Scaling delivered power does have some cost, but the majority of delivery is in being able to deliver power to a particular area in the first place and to the maintenance of the lines providing any power.
- amluto 4y agoYes and no. If I draw an extra 10 kWh one random hour and export 10 kWh back at some other random hour, this costs the utility essentially nothing. The transformer is already there, and other customers near me will consume it possibly without even involving the transformer. (I say “essentially” because there is some tiny loss in the system, but that’s maybe 2%, not 70%.)
- HDThoreaun 4y agoAbsolutely false. Wholesale electricity costs vary wildly with time of day. You’re saying the grid should be forced to act as an unlimited battery for free and that just doesn’t make sense.